Table 3.

URL path with parameters and description to the API function. All URL patterns are prefixed by “https://gtexportal.org/rest/v1/

URL patternParameters usedDescription
/reference/transcript[datasetId] [gencodeId]This service returns information about transcripts of the given versioned GENCODE ID
/reference/exon[datasetId] [gencodeId]This service returns exons from all known transcripts of the given gene
/expression/geneExpression[datasetId] [gencodeId] [tissueSiteDetailId] [format]This service returns normalized gene expression in tissues at the sample level
/expression/medianExonExpression[datasetId] [hcluster] [gencodeId] [tissueSiteDetailId] [format]This service returns median exon read counts by tissues of a given gene from all known transcripts
/expression/medianJunctionExpression[datasetId] [hcluster] [gencodeId] [tissueSiteDetailId] [format]This service returns median junction read counts by tissues of a given gene from all known transcripts
/expression/medianTranscriptExpression[datasetId] [hcluster] [gencodeId] [tissueSiteDetailId] [format]This service returns median normalized expression in tissues of all known transcripts of a given gene